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it's interesting to hear boehner saying, listen, nowhere, period. nowhere. which sounded very final and very bloomy. earlier when i was talking to senator blumenthal, he was like, i'm optimistic. i'm kind of hopeful. what do you think? >> i think first of all the timing of this probably couldn't be worse for negotiation purposes from our perspective to some degree. right before the holidays, which is a tough time for politicians anyway. in some terms we feel like it's light years between now and the new year. it's really not. it's right around the corner. lawmakers will continue to feel a lot more pressure between now and then to get something done. at the same time we're coming off the heels of this election. to some degree we're kind of trying to find our negotiating legs, if you will. nonetheless, it's critically important. i think it's critically important we say to the american people that we get the fiscal house in order. >> how do you do that in realistically 29 days? what do you say? >> let me go back to this. no one should be surprised we are in the
it's interesting to hear boehner saying, listen, nowhere, period. nowhere. which sounded very final and very bloomy. earlier when i was talking to senator blumenthal, he was like, i'm optimistic. i'm kind of hopeful. what do you think? >> i think first of all the timing of this probably couldn't be worse for negotiation purposes from our perspective to some degree. right before the holidays, which is a tough time for politicians anyway. in some terms we feel like it's light years between...
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. >>> and president obama and house speaker boehner mum on fiscal cliff negotiations. and a sign that a deal could be near. >>> new world order, the economy growing at an enormous rate in china, and in a few years it will surpass the u.s. what it means, coming up. >>> dozens of homes damaged in the south, ripping off roofs and damaging trees. more to come. stamp watch, straight ahead. >>> lots to talk about this morning. the next two hours, we'll talk with steve israel. jeff sessions, sandy levin, rahm emanuel and businessman javier paolomarez, ed burns, frankie monday easy, and chuck leavell. "starting point" begins right now. welcome, everybody. "starting point" this morning, angry, united. bracing for protests in michigan as the state is poised to become the most unionized right to work state. as many as 10,000 unionized workers expected at the state capitol to voice their disapproval of the measure. some of them teachers, two detroit area school districts shut down for the day as hundreds of teachers plan to join the protest. president obama brought it up during a
. >>> and president obama and house speaker boehner mum on fiscal cliff negotiations. and a sign that a deal could be near. >>> new world order, the economy growing at an enormous rate in china, and in a few years it will surpass the u.s. what it means, coming up. >>> dozens of homes damaged in the south, ripping off roofs and damaging trees. more to come. stamp watch, straight ahead. >>> lots to talk about this morning. the next two hours, we'll talk with...
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john boehner says the white house is dragging its feet. here is what he said. let's play a chunk. >> where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house doesn't move on this the closer we get to the fiscal cliff. >> he says the president is slow walking. the president did an interview with abc news. what the president said to barbara walters. >> we have no make sure middle class taxes don't go up on january 1st. i'm confident that republicans wouldn't hold middle class taxes hostage to try to protect tax cuts for high-income individuals. >> he said he's fine to go over the fiscal cliff. all of those reasons would be reasons to say maybe we're not close to a deal on that do you think he'll get a deal before the end of the year? you are the optimistic one in the relationship here, or will we get one before you go off for christmas break? >> some type of deal. may not have a complete deal. but this issue of tax cuts for those earning less than 250,000, we will get that done. that is something we all agree on. and there may very well be parts of thi
john boehner says the white house is dragging its feet. here is what he said. let's play a chunk. >> where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house doesn't move on this the closer we get to the fiscal cliff. >> he says the president is slow walking. the president did an interview with abc news. what the president said to barbara walters. >> we have no make sure middle class taxes don't go up on january 1st. i'm confident that republicans wouldn't hold...
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speaker boehner sounding somewhat optimistic. the president says that he is even open to some good ideas from republicans. he said he will not slam the door in their faces. but, again, the bottom line, the president not wanting these bush era tax cuts to be extended to wealthy americans, soledad. >> dan lothian for us this morning. before i let you go, let's talk about susan rice. obviously, you know, we see the president pretty angry, curious might be a good we to describe it, too, in defending her. how do you think that's going to end up? >> reporter: that's right. it was a very full throated defense from the president, something we've not heard from him up to this point. the president sort of making the point here if you want to attack anyone, attack me. and calling the attacks from republicans, in particular, senator john mccain, who has been going after ambassador rice because he believes that the narrative that she told shortly after those attacks as they turned out not to be the case and he wants to know why. he said we're
speaker boehner sounding somewhat optimistic. the president says that he is even open to some good ideas from republicans. he said he will not slam the door in their faces. but, again, the bottom line, the president not wanting these bush era tax cuts to be extended to wealthy americans, soledad. >> dan lothian for us this morning. before i let you go, let's talk about susan rice. obviously, you know, we see the president pretty angry, curious might be a good we to describe it, too, in...
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not one thing that speaker boehner proposed that reid said, oh, we can work with that. it's about scoring political points. the american people are tired of all of us, i understand that. we just make used car salesmen look good. that's the only group is below us. but we've got to get our act together, and prove to the american people that we can regain the trust that they once had in us and get the job done. and as you say, not kick the can down the road. they want to us work this out. i hope we do. >> let's talk about something a little more bright. the former marine stuck in mexico. if you don't know the story, he was basically trying to go on a surfing trip. an old winnebago and a bunch of surf boards and some sort of antique, torn apart gun that he wanted to use to hunt rabbits and birds. he got caught up in the judicial system and was languishing in prison, a pretty rough prison across the border and nobody from the united states seemed to be caring much about him, isn't that what was going on, congresswoman? >> absolutely. this is a feel-good christmas story with
not one thing that speaker boehner proposed that reid said, oh, we can work with that. it's about scoring political points. the american people are tired of all of us, i understand that. we just make used car salesmen look good. that's the only group is below us. but we've got to get our act together, and prove to the american people that we can regain the trust that they once had in us and get the job done. and as you say, not kick the can down the road. they want to us work this out. i hope...
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it's the formula that john boehner agreed to. and it's the formula that the extreme tea party congress rejected. they are willing to end the medicare benefit, to end the guaranteed medicare benefit, turn it into a voucher, and at the same time -- >> in 2023. right? let's put that in. >> they are wrong in 2023, and they are wrong now. they are wrong in 2023, soledad, and they are wrong now. >> steve israel joining us this morning. he is the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. thank you for talking with us. we always appreciate it. >>> we have to take a break. still ahead, the republican response from senator kay bailey hutchison straight ahead. >>> on alert for tropical storm isaac. the storm is expected to slam into florida. it could be a big problem for the republican national convention. we'll listen to governor rick scott, who will be updating everybody about the situation there. of course he is the governor of florida. >>> and craig fugate will join us. he is the administrator of fema. he'll be tellin
it's the formula that john boehner agreed to. and it's the formula that the extreme tea party congress rejected. they are willing to end the medicare benefit, to end the guaranteed medicare benefit, turn it into a voucher, and at the same time -- >> in 2023. right? let's put that in. >> they are wrong in 2023, and they are wrong now. they are wrong in 2023, soledad, and they are wrong now. >> steve israel joining us this morning. he is the chairman of the democratic...
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president obama and john boehner met just under an hour. after coordinated press releases, both sides assured the american people that communication lines remain open. dana bash is live in washington, d.c. this morning. 50 minutes and sort of a very milquetoasty kind of statement at the end of it, sounds not good. >> no, not good, considering where we are in the calendacale. i'm told by sources in both parties, a meeting that did not produce any new ideas, more of touching base meeting, the president wanted to talk to the speaker before he went home to ohio, which he still planned to do this weekend, the sources say that the basic problem still is, soledad, after all of the weeks, is democrats still believe republicans have the problem. they need to deal with the debt crisis by raising more revenue, meaning raising more taxes and republicans still think democrats are the problem. they are not offering enough in spending cuts. the issue is, reality, democrats, the president has the most leverage. has had the most leverage, republicans know t
president obama and john boehner met just under an hour. after coordinated press releases, both sides assured the american people that communication lines remain open. dana bash is live in washington, d.c. this morning. 50 minutes and sort of a very milquetoasty kind of statement at the end of it, sounds not good. >> no, not good, considering where we are in the calendacale. i'm told by sources in both parties, a meeting that did not produce any new ideas, more of touching base meeting,...
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boehner could not sell it to his caucus? >> no, no. >> read "the new york times," read "the washington post." >> i read "the new york times." >> of course you do. but you can see this president walked away from any deal in order to fix our budget problems. but the real issue -- >> but some would say obstructionist republicans. i have heard that a lot on my show. >>> when we come back, we'll talk to bill burton and continue this conversation. still ahead this morning, not just politicians but hollywood stars that we have been chatting with, including john leg juizam who will stop by the grill to chat with us as well. that's straight ahead. and see what criteria they use. such as a 5% yield on dividend-paying stocks. then you can customize the strategies and narrow down to exactly those stocks you want to follow. i'm mark allen of fidelity investments. the expert strategies feature is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. we believe small things ca
boehner could not sell it to his caucus? >> no, no. >> read "the new york times," read "the washington post." >> i read "the new york times." >> of course you do. but you can see this president walked away from any deal in order to fix our budget problems. but the real issue -- >> but some would say obstructionist republicans. i have heard that a lot on my show. >>> when we come back, we'll talk to bill burton and continue...
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president obama and speaker boehner were working toward a bigger package that was supposed to deal with the fiscal health, the long-term fiscal health of the country, which was what the fiscal cliff was supposed to be an incentive for. instead, thousanow it's looking there's some sort of measure to deal with the fiscal cliff, the tax hikes set to kick in and president obama wants them to cut off at $250,000 so for folks making less, they don't see their taxes increase and the spending cuts that are set to kick in and it's yet to be determined if that will be part of the smaller measure. we're waiting to see what harry reid comes up with. >> so if he comes up with something, all right, brianna, traveling with the president in honolulu. thank you. dana. >>> the big question is you and brianna were talking about is -- can congress come back here, which they're planning on doing on thursday, and can they figure some way to avert an economic disaster? joining me to talk about that and more, richard is back with us, former writer for clinton and nice to see you guys again. i want to play for
president obama and speaker boehner were working toward a bigger package that was supposed to deal with the fiscal health, the long-term fiscal health of the country, which was what the fiscal cliff was supposed to be an incentive for. instead, thousanow it's looking there's some sort of measure to deal with the fiscal cliff, the tax hikes set to kick in and president obama wants them to cut off at $250,000 so for folks making less, they don't see their taxes increase and the spending cuts that...
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more than a year ago now, speaker boehner couldn't sell it with the tea party caucus back in the house. >> big takeaway from this? >> my takeaway from the weekend not surprisingly is quite different. there are so many things that we worked on together at the meeting. there was a lot of talk about economic development and terrific sessions on health care and recognizing no matter where you are on the medicaid expansion, there are lots of things we in the states can be doing. terrific conversation bipartisan conversation with secretary arne duncan as well. there's a lot of good work that got done. i was excited to launch my own initiative, we'll be focused on the issue for jobs for people with disabilities. people are not working and would like to be, they have the time and talent and interest in working. i think we can move the needle on that issue. >> thanks for being with u. we appreciate it. >>> still ahead on "starting point," the veep stakes are heating up. mitt romney says he's going to pick a running mate soon. who will it be? we'll look at the short list to see if we can figure
more than a year ago now, speaker boehner couldn't sell it with the tea party caucus back in the house. >> big takeaway from this? >> my takeaway from the weekend not surprisingly is quite different. there are so many things that we worked on together at the meeting. there was a lot of talk about economic development and terrific sessions on health care and recognizing no matter where you are on the medicaid expansion, there are lots of things we in the states can be doing. terrific...
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this is from kevin smith, spokesperson for house speaker john boehner. in his remarks today the president forgot to mention that senate dems refused to take up bipartisan house drought relief before add adjourning hash tag shocked. it true, mr. secretary? because the house passed, $383 million emergency relief package last week and the democrats in the senate refused to take it up before they went on vacation. so will this $30 million relief be enough? who's really responsible for this relief here? >> the $30 million is certainly going to provide some assistance but it's nowhere near what we need. the house disaster assistance program was a good start in the discussion but didn't cover specialty crops. i think what we can do with the passage of the farm bill is provide a comprehensive disaster assistance program, which is what the senate and i think many members of the house want. get it done and provide at the same time the certainty that producers need so they can begin planning for the future. if we basically allow this thing to continue beyond septem
this is from kevin smith, spokesperson for house speaker john boehner. in his remarks today the president forgot to mention that senate dems refused to take up bipartisan house drought relief before add adjourning hash tag shocked. it true, mr. secretary? because the house passed, $383 million emergency relief package last week and the democrats in the senate refused to take it up before they went on vacation. so will this $30 million relief be enough? who's really responsible for this relief...
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boehner says this. republicans have to start somewhere, and we're going to start there. >> let's start with medicare. start with the big numbers. social security. >> you would think -- >> it's only symbolic. yes, let's go deeper. >> we can talk about that in our end point, which is coming up next. back in a moment. intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a transformation that's hard to believe. ♪ wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips. and try 3d white toothpaste and rinse. from crest. life opens up when you do. delicious gourmet gravy. and she agrees. with fancy feast gravy lovers, your cat can enjoy the delicious, satisfying taste of gourmet gravy every day. fancy feast. the best ingredient is love.
boehner says this. republicans have to start somewhere, and we're going to start there. >> let's start with medicare. start with the big numbers. social security. >> you would think -- >> it's only symbolic. yes, let's go deeper. >> we can talk about that in our end point, which is coming up next. back in a moment. intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a...
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speaker boehner is doing a great job. leader reid is doing a horrendous job. >> congressman, let me ask you a question. if unemployment is down in georgia and down in louisiana, why doesn't the president get the credit for that rather than the blame? y'all seem to keep trying to have it both ways. and you blame him for everything and give him credit for nothing. in the city of new orleans, the unemployment rate is well below the national average. and one reason is because president obama, in partnership with the state and the city, have put a package together that's really working down here and working all over the country. and you want to bust him, you know, when things are bad, and you don't want to give him any credit when things are good. >> i don't think governor jindal would agree with you there at all. >> well, let me ask you about the 5.5 billion dollars in federal contracts and grants and in stimulus money that your state actually got, right? that funded 193,000 jobs. wouldn't that just be a clear sign that stimu
speaker boehner is doing a great job. leader reid is doing a horrendous job. >> congressman, let me ask you a question. if unemployment is down in georgia and down in louisiana, why doesn't the president get the credit for that rather than the blame? y'all seem to keep trying to have it both ways. and you blame him for everything and give him credit for nothing. in the city of new orleans, the unemployment rate is well below the national average. and one reason is because president obama,...
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and the house democratic caucus was willing to sign on the dotted line to that compromise with john boehner and eric cantor a year ago. we remain ready, willing and able to compromise. the american people have an unquenchable thirst for solutions. they have an unquenchable thirst for compromise and consensus. at that press conference yesterday it was nancy pelosi notwithstanding what governor christie has said. it was nancy pelosi who said we remain ready, willing and able to find a compromise. to find common ground with republicans to avoid the fiscal cliff. we need solutions and not sequestration. >> jonathan karl did an interview with paul ryan and what paul ryan said in this is essentially that, that the president doesn't have a mandate. karl said he won some 300 some electoral votes, every battleground state except for north carolina. does president obama have a mandate and, and he said no, i don't think so. because then nancy pelosi would be in charge of the house of representatives. and she's not. do you think that he's got a point? >> you know what has a mandate? solutions have a ha
and the house democratic caucus was willing to sign on the dotted line to that compromise with john boehner and eric cantor a year ago. we remain ready, willing and able to compromise. the american people have an unquenchable thirst for solutions. they have an unquenchable thirst for compromise and consensus. at that press conference yesterday it was nancy pelosi notwithstanding what governor christie has said. it was nancy pelosi who said we remain ready, willing and able to find a compromise....
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. >> house speaker boehner said this. he said sort of we've been here before. seen it. done t. here's what he said. >> we've done this at least four times where there's some new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. none of these programs have worked. i don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. all they've done is delay the clearing of the market. >> so before we talk about clearing of the market, there are a couple of programs. there's something called ham p, the home affordable modification program designed to help 4 million people back in february of 2009. it ended up helping just under 1 million people. there's something called harp, the home affordable refinance program introduced in march of 2009 designed to help 5 million people and it helped, again, just under a million. when he assesses that and says, listen, it's not meeting the need already, why do we need this? >>'s he wrong, by the way. we can't let everybody go into foreclosure. this is not a foreclosure program. >> when you say clearing of the m
. >> house speaker boehner said this. he said sort of we've been here before. seen it. done t. here's what he said. >> we've done this at least four times where there's some new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. none of these programs have worked. i don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. all they've done is delay the clearing of the market. >> so before we talk about clearing of the market, there are a...